Sample-case



(No Model.)

W.- W. PAYNTAR.

SAMPLE CASE.

No. 440,278. Patented Nov. 11', 1890.-

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WILLIAM W'. PAYNTAR, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

SAM PLE-CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 440,278, dated'November 11, 1890.

Application filed January 25, 1890.- Serial No. 338,150. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM W. PAYNTAR, a citizen of the United States, residing at O0- lumbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Sample- Cases, of which the following is a specification. 7

My invention relates to the improvement of telescoping cases of that class commonlyused by commercial travelers for carrying samples of goods, and it has particular relation to means for locking together the two sections of the case. I

The objects of my invention are to provide sample cases of the above class with a catch or looking attachment of such construction as to cause the automatic locking together of the two sections of the case when the same are telescoped one within the other, to construct and attach said locking device in a simple and inexpensive manner, and to seattach said device as to render it invisible when the case is closed. These objects I accom-- plish in the manner illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in Which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a samplecase, showing the general dotted outlineof' my improved lock or catch. Fig. 2 is an-iinner face view of the locking mechanism,showing one of the cover-plates removed there; from and the position of parts when thecase is locked. Fig. 3 is an enlarged section taken on line 00 9c of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a face View of one of the locking mechanism cover-plates, showing in dotted lines the position of parts. when the case is unlocked. Fig. 5 is an edge view taken at right angles with Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a detail face view of one of the catchplates of the lower case-section, and Fig. 7 is an end View of the same.

Similarletters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

a ct represent, respectively, the upper and lower case-sections of an ordinary samplecase, the upper section being designed to fit snugly over the lower section in the usual manner.

I) I) represent two vertically-parallel rackbars supported apart, as hereinafter de scribed. The outer edges of these bars are toothed, as shown, throughout their length,

and each bar has projecting inwardly from each of its extremities a finger c. The ends of the upper finger c are turned downward,

while the ends of the lower'and verticallyopposite fingers are turned upward, as shown.

. The bars I) are supported against the face of "a metallic cover-plate d, the finger a bearing loosely against the inwardly-bent upper and lower ends of said plate.

A second coverplate d covers and forms a bearing for the opposite side of the bars I) and intervening parts, hereinafter specified.

' e e represent the two upper sections of two are duplicates in form of the upper sections, their lower ends engaging with the rear sides of the upturned ends of the lower fingers c.

The upper ends of the sections 6 are beveled to correspond with the beveled ends of the sections e, the beveled portions of both sections being made to meet and overlap, as shown. [The upper bar-sections e e are provided at about the center of their height with inward- 'ly-projecting and overlapping pivot-lugs e 'while similar lugs are similarly formed on the 'lower sections 6. These lugs are pivotally connected by pins or rivets (2 as hereinafter more fully described. Between the central portions of the operatingbars, opposite the connections of their beveled ends, is an 0blong tumbler or bar-operating block 9, the lateral sides of which, when the case is locked, bear, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, against the inner sides of the operating-bars. This tumbler has a projection on one side which is pivotally supported, as shown, within the case-cover plate cl, and has projecting from the opposite side a neck g, which projects outwardly through the cover-plate d, and has formed in its outer end a suitable keyway or socket g Bearing against the outer sides of the operating-arm sections, opposite each of the overlapping points, is the central portion of a bowed spring-strip h, the extremities of which bear against the inner edges of the rack-bars b.

The parts having been placed together, as above described, and the cover-plate d being placed against the uncovered side of the looking mechanism, the device is secured against the inner face of the end of the upper section of the sample-case in a vertical position, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1 of the drawings. The pins or rivets e heretofore mentioned, are made to pass through the upper case-section end, thence through the coverplate d, through the operating-arm lugs 6 and secured at their inner ends by riveting or otherwise to the inner cover-plate d. The pins a passing loosely through the lugs 6 thus serve both to connect the locking mechanism with the case and to pivotally connect the arm -sections 6 and e, heretofore described. Secured to the outer face of the lower case-section a, near the upper edge thereof, are two separated rack-catch plates 7;. The teeth of said plates are formed on their inner vertical edges, and, as hereinafter described, are adapted to interlock with the teeth of the rack-bars Z). As shown in the drawings, the neck g of the tumbler g projects through an opening formed in the upper case-section.

Each end of the upper case-section being provided, as shown, with the herein-described locking mechanism, and each end of the lower case-section being provided with the catchplates 1', and the tumbler h being in the position shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, the operation of my locking mechanism is as follows: The upper section a being dropped in the usual manner over the lower section a, the spring-actuated rack-bars b will pass between and come into engagement with the latch-plates i. The horizontal upper sides of the teeth of the rack-bars thus being brought into engagement with the horizontal under sides of the catch-plate teeth, it will be seen that the upper case-section will be locked against raising or separation from the lower case-section. The separation may, however,

be accomplished when necessary by inserting a key 9 into the keyway of the projecting neck of the tumbler g and turning said tumbler at right angles with its former position, which,owing to its oblong form,will result in such pressure upon the operating-pieces e e as to force toward each other the outer ends of said operating-arms. This movement of the operating-arms through their engagement with the fingers 0 will result in the inward movement of the rack-bars 1), their disengage ment with the catch-plates 11, and the compression of the springs h, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4 of the drawings. The upper case-section may then be readily removed. From the construction herein shown and described it will be readily seen that the two case-sections may be completely or partially closed together and locked at the desired point. It will also be seen that the locking parts herein shown and described are so located as to prevent their being seen from the outer side of the case when two sections are closed or partially closed together, and that they may readily be attached to the ordinary form of telescoping sample-cases Without injury to the case.

It will be observed that the use of straps usually employed to bind the two sections of the case is obviated.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a telescoping sample-case, the combination, with the upper case-section, rack-bars b, located between suitable face cover-plates and supported upon the inner surface of the ends of the upper case-section, of the lower case-section a',and toothed catch-plates 1', secured thereto and adapted to engage with the teeth of the rack-bars b when said case-sections are telescoped together,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a sample-case, the combination, with the upper case-section and locking mechanism connected with the inner surface of the ends thereof, consisting of the rack-bars b, intervening pivoted operating-bars engaging with said rack-bars, spring-strips bearing between the rack and operating bars, and a key-tumbler having a keyway and adapted to move inward the rack-bars, as described, of the lower case-section a, and toothed catch-plates z, secured to the ends thereof and adapted to engage the rack-bars 19, substantially as and for the purpose specified. I

WILLIAM WV. PAY NTAR. 

